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Ros Altmann was shortlisted for a job on the Bank of England’s all-male interest rate-setting committee but was rejected, the pensions campaigner and economist revealed yesterday.

Under questioning by MPs, Dr Altmann revealed that she had applied for a job on the Monetary Policy Committee in 2012 but was unsuccessful after telling the interview panel that she wanted to introduce “an alternative perspective”.

“Of course, I was very disappointed because I would have liked to be able make a contribution,” she told the Treasury Select Committee.

Dr Altmann, a governor of the London School of Economics, has been a passionate